Theater counts: Quantumania opens in an ultra-wide 4,345 theaters

February 16, 2023

The wait is over for fans of Ant-Man as the follow-up has finally made its way into theaters—4,345 of them to be exact. That makes it the 40th-widest release of all time, placing itself firmly in between two other franchise sequels, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 and Spider-Man: No Way Home. Its forerunners, Ant-Man, and Ant-Man and the Wasp started out in 3,856 and 4,206 theaters respectively. The third and latest installment of the franchise brings back Paul Rudd as the titular character, while containing a bevy of big name talent including Evangeline Lilly, Jonathan Majors, and Bill Murray, among others.

While Quantumania is the big news of the week, there are nevertheless still plenty of opportunities to see some popular films on the big screen. 80 for Brady drops to second on this week’s list as the comedy loses 820 locations, going from 3,939 to 3,119 theaters. The film enjoys a 13-day total of just short of $28 million. In the third place spot this week is last week’s newcomer Magic Mike’s Last Dance, which adds 1,538 venues this week to become available in 3,034 movie houses. Clocking in this week with 3,003 locations is $400+ million worldwide earner Puss in Boots: The Last Wish. Finishing out the top five this week is Avatar: The Way of Water, dropping below 3,000 cinemas for the first time, coming in this week with 2,675 locations.

It’s worth noting that Marlowe opened on Wednesday. The Liam Neeson neo-noir crime thriller set in 1930s Los Angeles follows a private detective who is hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress. Co-distributed by Open Road Films and Briarcliff Entertainment, the movie is playing in 2,281 movie houses throughout the week and into the weekend.

There is no shortage of limited releases making their way to theaters this week. The largest of these is the 1990s-set Of an Age. Beginning its theatrical run in 289 venues, the drama follows a 17-year-old Serbian-born Australian amateur ballroom dancer as he experiences an unexpected and intense 24-hour romance with a friend’s older brother. Showing in five New York and Los Angeles locations this week is the British biographical drama, Emily. The film starring, Emma Mackey as Emily Brontë, imagines Brontë’s own Gothic story that inspired her seminal novel, Wuthering Heights.

Looking ahead to next week we see the arrival of Cocaine Bear and Jesus Revolution. The former, set in Kentucky in the 1980s is inspired by the story of a bear who ingested a bag of cocaine after a drug runner’s plane crashed. Cocaine Bear will debut in approximately 3,500 theaters according to Universal Pictures. The latter which is based on a true story from the 1970s will release in 2,250 theaters and stars Joel Courtney, Jonathan Roumie, and Kelsey Grammer.

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